Hi there,
This week has been a race. On Monday after I emailed I
ran home and jumped in a taxi (and forgot my suit on São Vicente of course) and
went to the airport with Elder Zandamela from Mozambique. We waited a
while and while we were waiting we noticed on our tickets that we had an hour
layover in Sal, but then our flight was more than an hour late to take off.
When we landed in Sal, Elder Zandamela and I (still thinking we had an
hour) went and got a snack and were just sitting down to eat when I felt the
impression to check our flight time. I looked at our tickets and saw that
the plane was scheduled to leave five minutes before. We grabbed our
things and sprinted across the little airport. The woman at the gate saw
us down the hall and extended one arm and then one finger and then curled it
in. A gesture that said, I think better than words could, "you are
very late and I am wildly unhappy about it." But we made our flight.
And who happened to be sitting right in front of me on the plane?
Elder Camargo. We talked the whole flight. It was great.
I miss that guy.
But my new companion, Elder Lopez, is incredible. He is
from Texas and is Mexican so his Portuguese has some thick Spanish influences
in it sometimes, but it helps him understand better, so it is sometimes really
useful to have him with me when I can't understand something. He is way taller
than me and very quiet, but when we are alone in the house we have some great
conversations and he gets pretty chatty and funny. Just this morning we
divided all of the elders and sisters in our mission into the four Hogwarts
Houses. It was hilarious.
Our area is wonderful. I'm in a place called Palmarejo
in the city of Praia. The people here smile so much. Maybe life is
easier for them (I sincerely doubt that) or maybe they know something that
other people in the world seem to not know, but they smile and are a happy
people. I am truly enjoying it. I have taken some pictures, but I
don't have a converter for my memory card so I can't send any today.
Last thing for today: There are two young men from my
ward who are going to Brazil, on the same day, to the Brazil São Paulo East
Mission. We took a picture together and I am going to send it to my old
mission president. What an incredible tender mercy from the Lord.
We have such a good God. He truly loves us.
Love,
Elder Bushman
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